Rosanna has some great advice for writers as she encourages the belief in self and the power of descriptive writing. As you listen to Rosanna read an except from her collection, you will notice that she definitely followers her own advice. 

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Be sure to check out Irene's website. You'll find her blog, book reviews, academic articles and some of her favourite quotes.  

To learn more about Catherine, be sure to visit her website.

For the many individuals who have been contemplating writing a memoir, Catherine encourages you to write from your heart and to write your truth. After having read Catherine's memoir and listening to her reading--it is obvious she followed this advice. Breathe Cry Breathe documents not only Catherine's joyous memories of her family, but also her darkest as we follow her journey to heal her broken heart. Her story will resonate deeply with anyone who has lost a love one. 

To learn more about Lesley and to check out ALL her fabulous projects

When I was reading this book, I realized I was skipping paragraphs because I was rushing to figure out why the narrator was dead (and a few other things, I won't mention). Because I didn’t want to miss anything I had to slow it down, go back and read those paragraphs! 

​To learn more about David and to check out his other work

For writers who are tackling the editing process, David suggests to leave out the parts that you skip over when you are reading your work. This made me laugh because it's soooooo true as we writers become attached to our words and sometimes need a little encouragement to use that delete button!

David's reading is a VERY powerful excerpt from the first chapter. I found the first chapter challenging to get through but I am SO glad I kept going because I became quite invested in the characters and the mystery surrounding them. 

If you'd like to learn more about Lucy and Persian carpets (they are EXQUISITE) there's an interesting story about them on her website. 

Watch! Lucy discuss her writing process; she breaks it down into three chunks.
1. The Prewriting Process
2. The Writing Process
3. The Editing Process
She does a fabulous job (you can tell she was an educator)!​

Hi! My name is crystal fletcher and welcome to all about canadian books. In continuing with the discussion about what’s going on in the Canadian book industry today’s guest is Eric Walters.

​Eric was a social worker turned educator, he’s a coach, an award-winning, best-selling author of young adult and children’s picture books. He has written a whooping 125+ books. Has over 100 awards including the Order of Canada and the Governor General's Literary Award. Eric’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, he has presented to more than 2 million students from North America, Japan, Kenya and Germany.

To promote Canadian authors and their books Eric spearheaded the ‘I Read Canadian Day,’ which is a national day of celebration of Canadian books for young people and the focus of our discussion.  

But before we do...if you LOVE books and the stories behind them, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel where you'll find all my fabulous author interviews. :)

Hi! My name is crystal fletcher. Welcome to all about canadian books! This week’s guest is Nathaniel G. Moore. Nathaniel is an award-winning author, poet, lifetime small-press book activist, literary publicist, and journalist whose writing has appeared in national newspapers, Toronto Life, The Berkeley Review, The Georgia Strait and Edit.

We discussed his latest book Honorarium which was published by Palimpsest Press.

In Honorarium, Nathaniel compiles twenty years’ worth of reading other people’s books, while also faithfully attempting to convey a sense of what it’s like to work behind-the-scenes in CanLit. Always breaking from convention, Moore’s non-fiction is imbued with a sense of urgency, passion and intimacy with the community of creators that surround him.

Honorarium is a time capsule and survey course into the ever-changing, mysterious world of Canadian publishing. Essays 2001-2021. And, can I just say...I was FASCINATED by his essay My Grandfather's Cult! 

If you're a wrestling fan you're going to love Nathaniel's birthday greeting from retired wrestler Bret "The Hitman Hart."

Fellow writers, if you are looking for a literary publicist who brings twenty years of experience in the publishing industry then to do I have the person for you. 

​Hi! My name is crystal fletcher and welcome to all about canadian books. This week, I’m hosting a special series that takes a peak at what’s going on in the Canadian book industry.

Before I introduce this week’s guest…if you LOVE books and the stories behind them, be sure to subscribe to my channel. Interviews are posted bi-weekly, and you don’t want to miss them. My guest today is Noelle Allen. She’s the owner and publisher of Wolsak and Wynn an award-winning literary press based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is also the past-chair of the Literary Press Group, gritlit: Hamilton’s Readers and Writers Festival and of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Advisory Committee, where she managed the Hamilton Literary Awards.

Currently Noelle is also the essay editor for the Hamilton Review of Books and manages the literary programing for Super Crawl, Hamilton’s largest outdoor arts festival.

We discussed, her career highlight (Noelle has been in the industry for 3 decades), manuscripts that grab her attention, the challenges of being an independent publisher in Canada before and amid COVID-19.

**CORRECTION: Apparently, I did not have enough coffee as I referred to 'independent' publishing as 'indie.' OMG! And, Noelle was very Canadian and did not correct me! I am SO embarrassed and BIG apologies. OMG!**

To check out Wolsak & Wynn's releases and to see what's new